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Lionel Messi scored Barcelona's 6,000th goal in La Liga on Saturday to put his side ahead in their season-opening 3-0 win against Alaves. Messi spectacularly sent a free kick under the jumping Alaves wall in the 64th minute to push Barcelona onto 6,000 goals from their 2,801 games since 1929. Only Real Madrid have scored more goals in the league, with 6,041 in 2,800 games. After Philippe Coutinho doubled Barcelona's lead in the 83rd minute, Messi scored his second goal of the day with the last kick of the game to increase his all-time La Liga tally to 385 goals -- or 6.4% of all of Barcelona's league goals in their history. FC Barcelona ✔ @FCBarcelona GOAL in @ LaLigaEN : Keep them coming! # BarçaAlavés 12:41 AM - Aug 19, 2018 14.1K 4,147 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy "Sometimes in games like this you have to just wait for Leo to go and do his thing," Barca's S...

FC Barcelona  and  Sevilla FC  have reached an agreement for the transfer of  Aleix Vidal . Sevilla FC will pay FC Barcelona 8.5 million euros, plus 2m in variables. FC Barcelona expresses its gratitude to Aleix Vidal for his commitment and dedication and wishes him every success in the future. The player from Puigpelat ends his time at Barça after three seasons, from 2015/16 to 2017/18, and returns to the club he was signed from. 49 games and eight titles Aleix Vidal played a total of 49 games and scored four goals in the three seasons he played at FC Barcelona. During this period, the Catalan also won eight titles: two Leagues, three Copas del Rey, a Spanish Super Cup, a Club World Cup and a European Super Cup. These were added to the UEFA Europa League that he had already won before arriving in Barcelona. source

Ronaldo Vieira has become the latest England youth international to move overseas after completing his £6.2m move to  Sampdoria . The 20-year-old was unveiled on Friday by the Serie A side after being given permission to leave Elland Road by Marcelo Bielsa, although he appeared to indicate the transfer was not his choice. Premier League 2018-19 preview No 9: Fulham   Read more “Sometimes in life things don’t go as you want them. Sometimes things are out of your control,” Vieira  wrote in a message  posted on Twitter. “But then you have to take these opportunities and give it your everything the same way I have always done. I have nothing but love for Leeds United. I have many great memories, I started my career at Leeds so I would like to thank every coach and member of staff who has been involved in my development, my teammates who have become like family to me and I wish them all the best for the future.” Sampdoria mimicked Juventus’ annou...

Mesut Ozil: Arsenal midfielder quits Germany over 'racism and disrespect' Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has quit international football, citing the "racism and disrespect" he has faced in Germany over his Turkish roots. The 29-year-old  was criticised  after being photographed with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a London event in May. He says he received hate mail and threats and was being blamed for Germany's disappointing World Cup."I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose," Ozil said.German football chiefs have yet to respond to Ozil's claims.However Chancellor Angela Merkel "respects" his decision as he has done much for the national side, her spokesperson said on Monday.The third-generation Turkish-German was born in Gelsenkirchen and was a key member of his country's 2014 World Cup-winning side.He has 92 caps and has been voted the national team's player of the year five times since 2011 by fans.H...

Colombo - South African spinner  Keshav Maharaj  claimed eight wickets to leave Sri Lanka on 277 for nine at stumps on the opening day of the second Test in Colombo on Friday. SCOREBOARD:  Sri Lanka v Proteas, 2nd Test Maharaj returned impressive figures of 8-116 with his left-arm spin to hurt Sri Lanka with regular strikes after a 116-run opening stand between Danushka Gunathilaka (57) and Dimuth Karunaratne (53). Sri Lanka, who won the first Test in Galle, elected to bat first in their bid to clinch the two-match series. Akila Dananjaya, on 16, and Rangana Herath, on 5, were batting at close of play. source